As this Glamis notes, schools have their own traditions, and in 1959 the Parents’ and Citizens’ Association set about creating their own. The first tradition: a tradition of hard work for useful ends, with a concerted effort to beautify the...
On May 31st, 1959, the school featured on Channel 7 as part of its “News Review”. Does anyone have a copy of this film? Please comment below!
June 1959 saw the first inclusion of student work in the Glamis Gazette, gleaned from examination papers: As I swam through the water, I could see the fish darting in amongst the seaweed and the rocks. There were many species...
A ‘Crazy Whist’ party was held at the home of Mrs. Treadwell in Moonee Ponds. One wonders what it is about Mrs. Treadwell’s whist that made it “crazier” than any other?
As part of the Open Day in 1959, the Mayor of Broadmeadows, Cr. S.G. Sewell presented two book prizes to the winners of an essay competition “How I can best live up to the ideals of the School Motto and...
The schools in our community belong to us, they will be as good or as bad as we make them. Our children spend some of the best years of their lives in school, let them not be wasted ones, because...
The Fete this year hoped to raise funds for the installation of the road in the northern part of the school grounds, a second bicycle shed and for extra materials for the library.
In November of 1959, a large number of parents attended a meeting called by the Parents’ and Citizens’ Association to protest against the failure of the government in fulfilling its promise to expand the school, adding a ‘Third Section’, by...
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